Day 270 - 28 Jun 96 - Page 17
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2 Q. Right. That list does not include --
3 A. No.
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5 Q. -- any discussion about McDonald's. It says, at the very
6 end, last paragraph:
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8 "Dave and I walked to King's Cross Station leaving Paul
9 behind in the office et cetera".
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11 What would be your purpose for walking back with me after
12 the meeting to the station, if any?
13 A. Well, certainly it would have been interesting if you
14 had spoken about McDonald's at the time or said anything to
15 do with it and I would have certainly recorded it, but I
16 did not, so I am assuming that-- well, definitely you did
17 not mention anything of that nature, so presumably we just
18 chatted and then parted.
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20 Q. So is it the case or not that if I had said anything of
21 relevance on the way back to station that would have gone
22 into your --
23 A. Yes, it would have done.
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25 Q. It would have done.
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27 MS. STEEL: If we go on to your notes of 23rd August 1990:
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29 "As instructed at 6.05 p.m. I arrived in the office in
30 order to meet with investigator M. M. Hooker who it was
31 arranged would accompany me to a meeting of subject group
32 at 5 Caledonian Road. After a briefing we proceeded in
33 MMH's car to the Crest Hotel car park where we left the car
34 and continued by underground to 5 Caledonian Road arriving
35 at approximately 8 p.m."
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37 So what happened with Michelle Hooker? Was it your idea to
38 bring her along?
39 A. No, I was instructed by the agency to go along, to take
40 her along.
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42 Q. To introduce her to the group?
43 A. To introduce her to the group.
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45 Q. When you arrived the meeting was being held in the same
46 room, and at the time of your arrival only Jonathan and
47 John were present. They were engaged in telephoning
48 various political groups to invite them to attend their
49 fayre in October. So it looked like they were doing some
50 kind of organising of the fayre?
51 A. Yes, so it seems. I do not actually remember that at
52 this time. But from my report that seems that that is what
53 they were doing, yes.
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55 Q. "No one else arrived and at 8.30 John said that he supposed
56 we ought to start the meeting. Jonathan agreed to take the
57 minutes and then the mail that had been sent in was read
58 through. During the reading of the mail Helen entered the
59 room. Jonathan then read out a letter from his New Zealand
60 contact who had written before and on this occasion sent
